20 July 2013

Images manipulated using programs like Photoshop or the GIMP are a
familiar sight online. Indeed, the ease with which images can be
modified has led to an amazing flowering of this new branch of the
visual arts. But like much in the digital world, this brings with it
problems. Here, for example, is the interesting case of a competition on
the MINI Space site, which is run by BMW as an oblique form of
marketing for its Mini car. An article on the PetaPixel photography
blog explains what happened when the site invited submissions on the theme of "check-mate" (pointed out to us by @copyrightgirl). Here's "PapiloChessBoard", the photomanipulated image that gained the winner a MacBook Pro laptop:

About Me

I have been a technology journalist and consultant for 30 years, covering
the Internet since March 1994, and the free software world since 1995.

One early feature I wrote was for Wired in 1997:
The Greatest OS that (N)ever Was.
My most recent books are Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution, and Digital Code of Life: How Bioinformatics is Revolutionizing Science, Medicine and Business.